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v* WATER BEARER By J. ALLAN DUNN Axthn of "A MAN TO HB MATE" -E1MROC* TRAIL" 6 By Dodd. Hh 4 * Co. WKÜ «M-Ttoo HERO AND HEROINE Here's a new kind of story of the West lie MfliMrlns. Mining, ranch ing, lumbering and railroad building have been tbe favorite subjects of tbs flctlontsts and many a good story havs thsy riven us. Here's a new kind of hero—a young New Engländer born nndar the sodlao sign of Aquarius and destined to be in very truth a "Water Bearer." The heroine Is a "native daugh ter" of California. And around the water-bearing exploit of the Eastern man and the Weetern girl revolve fascinating adven tures "by flood and Held" and a story of true love that runs far from smoothly at times. As for ths author—why, v.he's J. Allan Dunn, whose Western stories have deservedly won for him a wide popularity. And here East meets West—and a stirring ro mance grows out of the meeting. romance of hydrau CHAPTER I r The Canyon Caleb Warner conscientiously fished every foot of the llkeliest-looklng hole be had seen on Hermanoa creek, bat there came no rise, no eager tug, no submerged gleam of a rainbow's shim mering flank. He waded ashore, pat up rod and tackle, climbed through the thick, tall ferns and brambly undergrowth to the narrow trail and turned upstream. All the day was his, tbe next, for that matter, and he fancied tbe fishing would be better higher np. Caleb walked with his coat tucked between the slings of bis creel, his shirt open at the throat; lean, long, well-shoul dered and slender-flanked, tanned of akin, springy of action, generally good to'-look at By the canons of moving pictures and magazine Illustrations he was not handsome. New England an cestry had made blifl too aquiline at feature, but he had youth and strength, his gray eyes were clear, hla forehead high to his straight close cropped hair, his lips clean-cat and his chin well forward, not too narrow. Hla general make-up was typically American, ^„Yankee-American, marred by inbreeding. Below him Hermanoa creek sang, half hidden by the undergrowth. Hla economic, New England brain saw po tentiality going to waste.. In Massa chusetts Hermanns creek would long ago have been harnessed. Mills and factories would have sprung up along Its banka Here was water for steam, for turbines, for commercial and do mestic use, for Irrigation; all unused, its energy seemingly doomed, for there was a peculiar thing about the creek that Caleb, aa an engineer, had noted. Contrary to the habit of moat well mannered watercourses, its volume diminished as It flowed. un He was twenty-seven, six years out of tbe college chrysalis that be had spun at Colombia. Be had served In the war, bard, practical service in tasks that were low-grade bat neces sary, the crude, swift work of build ing and repairing war-roads and bridges, and In it Caleb Warner had. In large measure, found himself. He had acquired initiative, resource, mand of men, if nothing else. And he had come out unscathed, unwounded, ungassed, reduced to an acme of co ordination, sane mind aiyd sound body. He had been granted wider horizons So he bad come west to find bla oyster -—and to open it Swiftly the woody cave of the can yon became a tunnel, the creek now for below him In a water-chiseled gorge. Tbe tunnel became a gut A suspension bridge, a shivery thing of wire rope and short planks, anchored with wire cables to high walls of rock, crossed the gorge. It shook under bis tread and bung trembling aa be stopped midway to look at the gosh of compressed water surging through the gap. twenty feet down. There were signs on the rock that at times the creek rose close to the flooring. Before him, to the sooth, lay Her manoa valley, a green bowl lipped by rolling hills, their crests bronzed by the summer sun. blazoned with great patches of golden popples, with clumps of purple lupine, the lower slopes furred thick with wild oats waving In the wind, oats aa high aa Caleb's bead, a shimmering sea of em erald and silver. He stood for a while undecided whether to adventure on to the water foil or to stay where be was until it was time to flab down the canyon with the hope of better results than tbe three trout his persistence had lured from the creek. He had a book tucked Into hla pocket but he was not tired. And be bad lunched an hour before. Ths view held him. Looking down. saw that the streaun waa a vagrant, that, la the raina, one bed was not enough to coo Wry Ha waten. A sec odd course, now dry and partly grown over, erratically paralleled the actual creek. Willows bordered It ao fast H seemed a grey streak, head «ring ground at a frantic pare . After H, fifty yarfls away but gaining at every bound, sped a gallant beautiful hound, white-coated, taper-mauled, bearing Its tall like a great plume, overhauling the coyote with tremendous leaps, going at a ter rific rate, yet so smoothly that Ita speed seemed effortless—a Russian wolfhound. Beyond the willow fringe came her mate, bound for bound, level with the bitch, unseen, though perhaps not un known to the coyote. Then, from a thicker growth of trees, outmatched bat traveling fast a pinto flashed Into Caleb's view, a boy crouched low on the withers, welded to the horse, urging It on. Caleb thrilled to the chase as It swept on beneath him. admiring the horsemanship of the figure In breeches, puttees and fluttering blouse, a little envious of it "Gad. he can ride," he muttered. A cap blew off, a long tress of chest nut hair, ruddy as a flame, whipped out was reached for and tacked In by its owner, only to stream errant again. The boy was a girl I The bitch was almost up with the coyote, the dog, watchful through the gaps in the willows, came circling In, Jaws agape, ready for the kllL The coyote made a last desperate effort The bitch, with one enormous leap, came abreast She lunged, her white neck like a snake's for speed and tln □oneness, her teeth clamping down on the forefoot of the coyote. Caleb saw the latter checked, tumbling, heard a broken snarl of defiance, and then the second hound sprang In a white gleam of fury, too swiftly for him to catch the action. Ita powerful Jaws, bred for the work, crunched through the vertebrae of the coyote's neck. The hunt was ended. The girl rode up at a gallop, checked the pony in midstride and slid to the turf while the two hounds thrust their muzsle at her. With one X/ The Boy Wai a Olri. „ band she patted them while with the now fairly down her shoulder*^ reach ing to her belt "Good boy, Saratof I Good girt. Steal" Caleb beard her faintly but plainly and shouted down hla own meed of applause. He bad left most of hla In nate reserve behind him in Europe and the stir of the hunt still held him. "Bully for both of them I" he cried and waved hla bat as tbe girl looked up. She smiled, waved back an un gloved hand at him In western friend liness, and finished the up twisting of her hair without embarrassment Ca leb started down through the oats. He loved dogs. Be did not know so mach about girls. Bat this one seemed dif ferent And be bad left the conveo tlona behind In Massachusetts. She smiled at him again aa be came out on tbe level, half waded, half Jumped the creek and went toward her. Tbe wolfhounds looked at Ylm with their dark brown eyes, sniffed, accepted hla pats and termed their heads away, pointedly aloof. The girl laughed at his evident chagrin. 'They are disdainful beasts, my bor sola," aha said. "Yon moat excuse them." "They are marvelous runners. I did not suppose anything could over haul a coyote. But It hardly seemed fair up there on tbe hill. Two to one. I mean." She looked at him quizzically. She waa frankly surveying hint. He noted that ahe was about six inches shorter than be was—which made her five sUm and rounded, that she had a short straight nose and a mouth that was neither small nor targa. neither nor narrow, a round chin. a dimple to one cheek, and that her eyea were the exact color of the I o pines. Also that there was no noo mom about hop. A part of Caleb's coiTicalBin. a majority of his experi ence. had cooalatod in the training. of his powers of observation, in th# brief glances ho bod permitted him "There are not very many coyotes where yon come from V" she queried. "How do you know?" She laughed and he added that and her teeth to the catalogue. Both were, to bla taste, perfect. "How do I know? I am sure now. Dorn anyone but a Tank reply to a question with another one?" "Tank! Are yon a southerner?" "There yon go again. Walt I moat answer your charge against my dogs. If yon think it was not sport ing to set Saratof and Siva against one coyote, how abont my helpless calf that was butchered last night? And half a dosen others this summer. And a colt I There are probably fifty coyotes who make this valley their larder. Oabilan shelters scores of them. And these two have accounted for nine of them. It la sheer Justice, administered mercifully. The coyote always has the start. It U killed In stantly, not worried, not touched afterward. My bonola don't eat car rion." "Acquitted," answered Caleb. "1 beg their parddha. I am a Yankee from Massachusetts. I am a civil en gineer come west to seek my fortune. My name la Caleb Warner. I live In Golden and I was recommended ta Herrn a nos creek for trout flatting. She had a trick of looking through tong lashes that was a bit unfair. Ca leb thought But they did not bide a twinkle that lurked behind them. "Did you catch any trout Mr. War ner?" ahe asked. He showed her his basket "We have trout In New England.' he said. "I was hoping to do bettet later In the afternoon. Did you agy you were from the South?" "I am a Californian." He was cer tain that she knew he had hoped sb« would give him her name in return "The best fishing la In the canyoi back of the waterfall at the bead our valley," she said. "You can eastl) climb the dlff." "Ton own It? The valley?" Sh» opened her eyes a%lt In acknowledg ment of his persistence and speed t« take the opening. —"My father does. His name Is Clin ton." She had evaded It cleverly Miss Clinton. That was as far a* she would go. Caleb bowed to hit defeat "Well, then. Miss Clinton, do yoo think your father would have any oh Jectlon to my fishing through hli meadows, later, after I have been above the fall?" "I am quite sure he would not Per haps yon would like to meet him' The house Is not very far from here.' Caleb laughed and she with him. "I should be delighted," he said "And I am very glad to have met you Miss Clinton." She took hla hand and shook It aa a boy might have shaken It More strongly, with fingers that were firm and cool. There was noth lag of coquetry about her. Her sug gestion that Caleb meet her fathei held, he felt no hjpf of flirtation showed tnaf she liked bun, à little sufficiently to dispense a measure ol hospitality that he had come to rec ognlze aa a western attribute. ■The house Is there," she said "Back Jl pointing. those encalypts Father planted them for a wind break." The girl had left the pinto ponj standing with Ita reins hanging straight from bit to soil, an effectlvs haltering. Now she placed them about its neck, their buckle back of th< saddle-born and, aa she and Caleb walked along the stream toward tb* boose the pony followed as closely and sedately as the wolfhounds. Evidently Mias Clinton la what we Americana call "a nice girl," with Individual attractions. Does the Yankee measure up 7 (TO BZ CONTINUED. > Colonims Classified In 1600 the American colonies wer« divided under the following class Ilka tlona; Royal, proprietary and repub I lean. The classification Is based upon the three different methods by which their governors obtained office. At this date the following colonies were royal : New Hampshire, Massa chu setts. New York. Virginia and Maryland (temporarily). The proprietary colo ales were Pennsylvania, Delaware, Nea jersey and tbe Carolinas. Of tbe 1st ter group only tbe first two remained proprietary. Tbe rest became royal while Maryland was restored to tbe Baltimore family. Rhode bland and Connecticut aime retained their elec tive governors and so may be classed ■a republican. Transmitting Light Rays __ Knr .. n .... ... .. fr.nainlaaloo factor m «teas la about »2 rwr cent in ™ ïffl," ÎSTi? £ bring that reflected at tbe two sur faces. The amount of light transmit ted varies with the angle of Incidence and tb« refractive Index of the glass The reflector will absorb from 10 ta 40 per cent of tho light Incident npot it. DAIRY START DAIRYING IN SPRING BEST When the grass turps green In the spring, farmers usually think more about live stock and, as a rule, most beginners In dairying start their new business during the early spring months, and there is very tittle doubt that the.appearance of grass is an la centlve to tills line of thought sod a# tlon. concluded J. P. LaMaster, chief of the dairy division at CSemson col lege. A great majority of milk cows In th<* state freshen during the spring, which helps to produce Interest In dairying at this season of the year, be cause when a surplus of milk la pro duced the farmer usually looks around for a market for this product He soon realises that with one 4o three cows he cannot expect any v«*y great return, and therefore decides to add three or four more cows to bis herd. In this way he grows into the dairy business, which is undoubtedly the very best policy. However, there are many reasons why It Is beat to have the dairy cows freshen In* the fall, and for the same reason It Is usually the best policy to start a new dairy business at that season of the With the spring pastures there usu ally come certain noxious weeds, such as wild onions and bitter weed, whloh produce bad flavors and odors in the milk of cows which grase them. As yet no satisfactory method haa been determined to eliminate these objec tionable flavors from milk after It la drawn from the cow. The only way the farmer can control these flavors ia .»•um to either destroy the weeds Is the pas ture or remove the cows from pas tures Infested with these weeds at least three hours before milking time. Sometimes green rye and oats pas tu re produce them bad flavors and odors In the milk. This can be con trolled by the same procedure as out-1 lined above. Grain Mixtures Useful for Feeding the Calves — Bran and cracked corn make very good calf feed and whenever possible they should form the basis of tbe grain mixture. Ground oats are like wise good but, because they are usual ly high In price as c ompa re d with other farm grains, their use la not general. Corn has a desirable effect on calves and to a certain extent '«places the butterfat removed from the milk. Many tests prove cracked more desirable than when finely ground. By the time a calf la two weeks old it wilt start nibbling grain if given a chance and at one month will eat half a pound a day. In case a mixture of feeds is de sired there ore several good ones. 1. Three parts cracked corn and one part wheat bran. 2. Three paru cracked corn, one t part wheat bran and one part ground j oats, j ately after the calves have finished ' drinking their milk, 8. Three parts cracked corn, one part wheat bran, one part ground oats and one part ollmeal. 4 . Five parts cracked corn, one part ground oats and one part blood I meal. Feed grain dry In troughs, Itnmedl Calves three months old will eat about three pounds of grain a day. Balance Ration of Cows to Need of Individus Because feed prices are lower than lost year and butterfat prices some what higher, manyjttalrymen are feed Ing more grain and purchased feeds than a year ago. Dairy division men at University Farm, St Paul, Mlniu, say that tbe grain ration gives best results when fed according to tbe in dividual milk production of the cow. When a good grade of rough ag« Is available—and the cows should have all they can clean up—one pound of grain to each three to. four pounds of milk produced will be suffi cent In a ration without clover or alfolfo bay. goodly quantities of feed rich in pro tein, such aa linseed meal, cottonseed meal or bran, must be added In order to balance the ration to the needs ol the animal. i The dairy calf cannot run with iti mother on tbe dean pasture ; the bee) calf can. Tbe dairy calf most N weaned within a day or so after birth When sucking Its dam, the cow's uddei and teats should best be kept clean K 'hat the calf will not become Infected with germs that might produce Indices tkm and diarrhea. Therefore, the coa >a d the calf should be kept In a deal place—away from filth, manure .and in fectloo, Some Dairy Calf Dangers Calves Without Milk A dairy expert of the Missouri sta i tlo ° "»• thflt <■*»» <*"*• aft * r th *> are three or four weeks old can b» rata *<> successfully wlthont milk. H< the lack of skimmed milk I » — » "» Sue *•»* Ü, rahflng calves by hand, and finds thaï calf meals, as substitutes for milk are bring sold extensively. "They an fairly satisfactory but are rather big! In price a* compared to home iiiIxm feed which will give equal and »ft** superior results." P®nf FEEDING TURKEYS IMPORTANT PHASE (Pr*p«r»<l by th« Unlt»<3 Statu Department of Xsrtcalturo. ) Feeding the young birds Is one of tthe most Important phases of turkey raising. Uuwholesome feeds and Im proper methods of feeding, especially In the case of turkeys closely confined, have resulted In many failures. For the first two days after hatch ing the poults require no feed, access to clean drinking water and a little coarse sand and green feed to peck at being sufficient Beginning with the third day they should be ted. the amount given them varying with the quantity of natural feed they are able to pick up outside the coop. It is best to keep them more or less hungry. When the range provides an abun dance of green feed and Insects, the growing poults require but little extra feeding. More losses are attributable to overfeeding, perhaps, than to alt other causes. One harmful effect of overfeeding Is that It removes the nec essity for hunting food, with the re sult that little exercise Is taken and Indigestion develops. Sanitary feed ing places are also very Important and, above all, the soil should be kept sweet and clean. When natural teed Is scarce or when the poults have to be kept from rang ing outside, It la advisable to feed them about five times a day. If allowed to run outside the coop where they can Und Insects, seeds, and green feed, two or three feedings a day will be enough. If the poults are ted regularly every night, In a short time they will re turn nightly to their proper roosting quarters. Never allow the feed to be come moldy. A good plan Is to teed the poults on boards, cleaning off any feed that may remain after feeding, and standing the boards In the sun to dry. Buttermilk has been found very ben eficial In bringing poults successfully through the early stages A good prac tice la to keep the milk In front of the young birds during the morning and water during the afternoon. If grit and green teed cannot be picked up outside the coop, they must be pro vided In some other way. Loss on Bad Eggs The United States Department of Agriculture estimates that the total | . __ reaches the consumer Is $45.000,000. ( In the final analysis this loss Is a farm loss, since a smaller price is paid for eggs to provide for the poor and broken eggs that go to the consumer. loss of eggs In the United States each year due to spoilage, breakage and In efficient handling from the time the egg Is produced on the farm until It In addition to grain, mash and 1 water, birds need some grit to help grind their food. Crushed stone, oyster shell or coarsely ground dry bone will serve tbe purpose. Such things should always be kept before J the fowls In proper boxes. Since tbe blrds have no teeth, these substances must be provided to help prepare thq food for digestion, T • Baby Chick Is Stupid Leghorns Economical Layers Recent figures released by the Mich igan State Poultry Improvement aaao- J clatlon, and obtained from the Inter national Egg Laying Contest, show that the Leghorns are the most eco nomlcal layers. The coat of Leghorn j eggs was 14 cents per dozen ; the Rocks came next with a coat of 21 cents per dozen. Poultry Facts Don't feed too much at a time. • • • More chickens are killed by feeding too soon than by starving. * - • « • Faed five times a day for first two weeks. • « • There are several good methods. Um one. - • • • Keep rats, sknnks, etc., away from chicks. • • • The cause of so many ducklings dy ing Is the way they are fed. • • • Chicks most have greens, grit, grubs, grain, gumption, ground, and direct sunlight. til Keeping small sized hens is folly. There isn't any too mach meat on chicken bones, anyway, • • • Cabbage is rich in tbe green mate rial needed for laying hens. About six pounds of cabbage may be fed per 100 birds per day. * Early batched chicks can be most easily obtained by using a reliable incubator. - - * • • Watch yonr layers and don't feed tbe flacker hen, It is always time to cull when tbe Indications call for It • • • More than 250 chicks In one brood Is an expensive and harmful risk to take by anyone who haa a desire to produce a lot with smalt equipment. As the chicks grow, give them more space. ages do better with their own classes Chicks of different sizes and CORNS ' Lift Off-No Pain! M ÉD r ® mov# every bard corn, soft corn, or porn between the toes, and the foot | rallnew. w ithout soreness or irritation, ^EEZONE Oocun't hurt one bltl Drop a little "Freeaoot" on an aching corn. Instant ly that core atop« hurting, then short ly yon lift It right off with fingen. Tow druggist aells a tiny bottle of Treeaone" for a few cents, sufficient to PROTECTS BRUISES Cover other "Vaseline" Jelly. Quickly sooth»»and he al* . Takas sway ths huit. Get C hftitbrough Mtg, (xanptsir State Sc New York tx a skia with Vaseline Use Guticnra Soap And Ointment To Heal Sore Hands STOMACH TROUBLES quickly leave. Oreei»*« August Flower *• ® stomachic corrective, baa been used for 60 years and haa given re lief to thousands suffering with Indi gestion, dyspepsia, constipation, etc. At all druggists. 80c and 00c. If you cannot get It, write q. q. GREEN, INC, Woodbury, N. J. Honduranian British Honduras, to which Baron Bliss has bequeathed 25,000 pounds per annum, is one of the most back ward of colonies, and has a long standing reputation for free-and-easy ways, even in the administration of Justice. Some years ago, the story goes, a man whose wlte eloped with another, shot hla rival and was sen tenced to a term of Imprison meat for murder. A friend In Jflftmlc«, hear Ing of his plight, went to tyondurgs tfi Me what could be done. He found the prisoner, accompanied or a gaoler, transacting his ordinary busi ness at his office. On the friend ex plaining that he hoped to obtain his release because he had acted within th , .. anwr1t ten law," the criminal be came violently excited and exclaimed : « Bot D0) that u lmpot8 i b i e , j have )et mjf house."—Pierre Van Paasaen, {„ Atlanta Constitution, Just My to your grocer Bed CroM Ball Blue when buying bluing. You will be more than repaid by tha re sults. Once tried always naed.—Ad vertisement Makes Hugo Tiros The largest tires yet produced for commercial purposes are now being manufactured in England for the new giant air liners. The tire Is seven and one-half feet In diameter and weighs sbont 25 pounds. No Frimnd "Can't yon be friends f with Tom, son 7" "Saw, he don't wanna it" Tired, Lame, Achy? Are you dragging around with a con stant backache? Feel weak, worn and achy; ao nuaerable yon can't enjoy a moment'» comfort? How abont roar kldneyt? 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